Episode 14: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of the last few weeks’ top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device.

During this installment, you’ll hear about language protests in China, the possible health benefits of bilingualism, and a Bangla take on a Shakespearean classic. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 14: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

Tibetan students in China protest over language policy
English becomes Europe’s second language
Georgia imposes universal English classes to leave Russia orbit
Building a More Resilient Brain
York professor finds bilingualism can delay onset of dementia
Study shows Japanese infants hear foreign words according to Japanese language rules by 14 months
Heard for the first time in 2,000 years: Scientists post readings of ancient Babylonian poems online
‘Lost’ language discovered on back of letter
Endangered Language Watch: The Discovery of the Koro Language in the Himalayas
A Bangla take on the Bard’s Romeo and Juliet

Other noteworthy language-related articles
“Genius grant” a boost to linguist as she revives a native language
Building language skills more critical for boys than girls, study finds
Study finds language barriers may play role in health care disparities
Piecing together the fragmented brain
What happens when language scientists use their own children as test subjects?
Cabinet okays language law amendment
Critics say new language plans have no power
The Crisis of the Humanities Officially Arrives

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Episode 13: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of the last two weeks’ top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device.

This week, you’ll hear about unqualified interpreters in Afghanistan, the Oxford English Dictionary 2.0, and the difficulties involved when reading Arabic. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 13: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

Whistleblower Claims Many U.S. Interpreters Can’t Speak Afghan Languages (watch the video)
DEA seeks Ebonics experts to help with cases
Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary
Health Speaks begins pilots in Arabic, Hindi and Swahili
Reading Arabic ain’t easy

Other noteworthy language-related articles
Learning in two languages from PRI’s The World
Are dying languages worth saving? (watch the video)
South Africa gets new Zulu dictionary, first in 40 years
Google to play live interpreter using smartphones
With rookie interpreters for help in diamond heist case, police lost in translation

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All music and sound effects were provided by The Freesound Project.
Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:
Genghis Attenborough and Djgriffin

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Episode 12: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of the last two weeks’ top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device.

This week, you’ll hear about a poll of Hispanics in the US, Japanese companies’ push towards English, and ancient carvings that may contain the remnants of a language. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 12: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

The Associated Press-Univision Poll (.pdf)
Poll: Language barrier a ‘risk’ for Latinos in schools
Poll: English-speaking Latinos turn to Spanish TV
Pawlenty: State should consider English-only measure
English Gets the Last Word in Japan
Efforts continue to make Hindi an official language of United Nations
Ancient language mystery deepens

Other noteworthy language-related articles
Imaging study sheds light on neural origins of baby talk
‘Baby Talk’ May Play Key Role in Language Acquisition
Texting generation doesn’t share boomers’ taste for talk
A new history of German shows how it came to be, and how it could have been
Talking double Dutch? Why we think it’s polite to copy an accent

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All music and sound effects were provided by The Freesound Project.
Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:
Genghis Attenborough and Djgriffin

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Episode 11: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of the week’s top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device.

This week, you’ll hear about a new English language resolution in Minnesota, protests over language in China, and you’ll learn about the National Anthropological Archives’ collection of endangered language manuscripts. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 11: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

Lino Lakes approves English-only resolution
As English Spreads, Indonesians Fear for Their Language
Cantonese in China protest over language loss fears
Mendota tribe struggles to keep language, culture alive
National Anthropological Archives Receives Grant from President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities

Other noteworthy language-related articles
Does language influence culture?
Research by the UJI shows that bilingualism is associated with brain reorganization that involves better efficiency in functions
Colleges strive to make foreign languages relevant
English skills taking off among pilots

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All music and sound effects were provided by The Freesound Project.
Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:
Genghis Attenborough and Djgriffin

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Episode 10: The Language News Report

Welcome to the tenth episode of ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast! Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of the last two weeks’ top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 10: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

CIA unusually public over need for Arabic, Farsi speakers
Potawatomi language lives on
Extinct Alaska Native language interests French student
Catalonia can call itself a ‘nation’, rules Spain’s top court
Univision sets record for World Cup game

Other noteworthy language-related articles
Computers Learn to Listen, and Some Talk Back
Is English Killing Other Languages?
Seeing Languages Differently
Kagan hearings a short course in Legalese 101
Foreign doctors need adequate English and better regulation, says BMA chief

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Episode 9: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of last week’s top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 9: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

Iraqi Interpreter For U.S. Army Shot Dead By Own Family Over His Job
Native Canadians to recall boarding school abuse
Stark lessons in mother tongues
EU Citizens Win Right to Interpretation
French is a ‘useless’ language, says former foreign minister

Other noteworthy language-related articles
Creole is the language of Haiti, and the education system needs to reflect that
How to Prevent Language Extinction
A pioneering Czech academic explores how our native tongue influences the way we see the world
Learners are getting lost without translation skills
Silencing Nations: Gladwin’s Research Exposes Indigenous Language Loss

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All music and sound effects were provided by The Freesound Project.
Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:
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Episode 8: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of last week’s top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 8: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

Estonia Raises Its Pencils to Erase Russian
Asian languages losing their allure
Confident Teachers Help Preschoolers More With Language and Literacy Skills
Regular Bedtimes Linked to Better Language, Reading and Math Skills in Preschool Children
Britain’s new romance language is English
N.J. Supreme Court to consider if police must give DWI instructions in native language
Resolution naming English official language of Homer Township rejected in 3-1 vote
DARE to Be Finished—Maybe Next Year
The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) Official Website

Other noteworthy language-related articles
Hispanics in the US: A new generation
Britain declaring war on ‘Americanisms’
50 Fancy Words
Germany’s Sorbian minority risks losing their language
Reclaiming Native Language Title Rights
American Indian languages get ‘Breath of Life’
Do we need an Academy of English? The experts argue for and against

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Genghis Attenborough and Djgriffin

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Episode 7: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During this Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of the last two weeks’ top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 7: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report

World Cup Report: The Languages of South Africa
All together now! South Africans urged to learn anthem
New Net domains break language barriers
Facebook’s Top Ten Languages, and Who is Using Them
Italian Job: Resurrect the AP Exam
Elementary Mandarin popular in Palo Alto
An online archive is collecting English accents to help academics and actors
Enuf is enuf: Protesters in bee suits outside Spelling Bee want to make English simpler
Second language learners recall native language when reading
‘Mein Girl’: Motown’s Hits, Found In Translation
“Mamma Mia!” to be produced in Chinese

Other noteworthy language-related articles
Language lessons: You are what you speak
Bridging the gap between Chinese speakers
Quebec language law ‘a mess’: opposition
TUS Secretary of Education on Global Learning, Languages
Ferdowsi, the reviver of Persian language
Linguist challenges language learning assessment
Companies ignoring British graduates for jobs that need good language skills
The Dothraki response to a call for science in a created language
If each language reflects a different way of thinking, we should do more to save dying tongues

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Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:
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Episode 6: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of last week’s top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 6: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report
Calderon visit lost in translation
Chris Evans OK tests language examiners
Black city students urged to learn Russian
Armenian Council Opposes Foreign-Language Schools
Amazon Branches Out with Publishing Arm
From Milton Keynes to the Babel of Britain
Welsh assembly translation decision backed by review
State will spend thousands to aid Lakota speakers at voting booths
Researchers get $3.3 million grant to investigate language outcomes of bilingual children

Other noteworthy language-related articles
They Get to Me: A young psycholinguist confesses her strong attraction to pronouns
Ngugi’s book warns Africans to shed European culture or perish
Official Languages Act has served us well
For Iraqis, learning Hebrew is a mixed blessing
2 Manatee schools look for edge with Mandarin classes

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Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:
Genghis Attenborough and Djgriffin

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Episode 5: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of last week’s top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 5: The Language News Report

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Articles in this week’s Language News Report
New York town orders residents to speak English
Americans are seeing fewer and fewer foreign films
How English erased its roots to become the global tongue of the 21st century
Language of instruction not most important for English-learners
Talking Seriously With Children Is Good for Their Language Proficiency
Translated prescriptions often wrong
Is Braille facing extinction?
Many Vietnamese fishers isolated by language from oil spill aid
‘Amelia’: Seattle Opera embraces challenge on a grand scale

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ALTA has provided language training to government agencies and corporations for 30 years. To learn more about our programs, please visit Online Language Training.

All music and sound effects were provided by The Freesound Project.
Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:
Genghis Attenborough and Djgriffin

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